News Headlines - 05 March 2017
▽The Observer view on the French presidential election | The Guardian
Anything is possible in this most unpredictable of elections, but the Front National is the most toxic choice
▽EU threatens to introduce visas for US travellers - BBC News
US citizens should be refused visa-free access to the EU in response to American visa rules affecting citizens from five EU countries, the European Parliament has said.
Citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania are currently denied visa-free access to the US.
▽Malaysia expels DPRK ambassador over Kim murder - The Japan News
Malaysia has expelled North Korea’s ambassador, giving him 48 hours to leave the country in a major break in diplomatic relations over the airport assassination of the half brother of Pyongyang’s leader.
While the average plane passenger worries about exceeding their few kilograms of baggage allowance, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz landed in Indonesia with 459 metric tonnes of luggage.
▽Rule change could see Abe become nation's longest-serving leader | The Japan Times
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday rubber-stamped an internal rule change to extend the maximum tenure of its president from the current six years to nine, paving the way for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to run for a third term that would last through 2021.
